Thai producers worried about EU chicken quota

Thai chicken producers are worried that the European
Union's new low chicken import quota will have a significant impact on the
country's poultry industry.

The EU is Thailand's second largest import market after Japan.

While the European Commission has not yet confirmed its allocation for
Thailand specifically (this is expected to happen at a meeting this month) last
week it settled on a total chicken import quota for salted chicken (264,245
tonnes) and cooked chicken (230,453 tonnes).

Salted chicken will be taxed at a rate of 15.4%, and cooked chicken at
10.9%. Any volume over the quota will be taxed at 1,300 euros and 1,024 euros
per tonne respectively.